January 23, 2013

Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Ok... when I first undertook a vegan lifestyle I asked myself, "Will I ever be able to eat another cupcake?". I shuddered at the thought so I developed this FAIL-PROOF cupcake recipe. I had published this on Veggieful a few months ago but I decided to revamp the page and change the frosting recipes. So, lets cut to the chase... these are most delicious and the fluffiest vegan cupcakes I have EVER eaten! I am not joking. I made a massive batch of these the other day for recipe-testing purposes. One half went to Jerome's work and the other half went to our friends and family. There were many compliments and amazed responses to these easy cupcakes... my mum said that they were the "best cupcakes" she had "ever eaten" while Jerome's co-worker stated that they were the "fluffiest" cupcakes she had ever had... little did she know that they were vegan! Tee hee hee. I find that when I make these for others, there are a number of things guaranteed... Firstly, you will be asked for the recipe. Secondly, they will devour it in seconds and lastly, they will be talking about them for days. As I said above, these are a fail-proof recipe... meaning, I have never had a problem with them, they always work out and they never fail to impress others. Every person needs an amazing cupcake recipe... and this is it! Check out our frosting and icing recipes.^-^I also think that these would make a perfect Valentines Day gift! Decorate with cute little vegan heart-shaped lollies for a romantic edible gift!

Hi Monay,Bundaberg Sugar does not use animal bone char in their refining process. Also, I believe that CSR sugar is vegan too as their animal bone char refining process ceased in 1990. :) I am assuming that you are in Australia?

Let me just start by saying that I am very inexperienced with vegan and gluten free baking, but I was dying to make something for my friends (one if GF and the other vegan), so I tried these with white sorghum flour! I also had to sub water for the milk, and I also added shredded, sweetened coconut. They didn't rise all the way in the middle, and they had NICE flavor!! But they tasted a little grainy. My fault, not yours. Keep up the good work!

Made these today. Used white vinegar because I didn't have apple cider vinegar. Put a pitted cherry in the middle and glazed with a bit of melted vegan white chocolate. Was very good, thanks for the recipe!

Hi there. I have used those type of cupcake wrappers before. They are designed to be a free standing cup cake wrapper, which means you don't need to put them in a pan. You just pour in the batter and bake straight in them. They tear away quite easily when you wish to eat them. I love them, because they often have pretty patterns and make lovely gifts.

Just went Vegan and i LOVE your website. I made these and my mom and hubby could not stop eating them. They are so good. I'm making more today and wanted to ask If i wanted to use your recipe as a base and add banana in one batch and chocolate chips in another batch. Will they turn out the same?

Hi Chelsea! I am so happy that you loved these as I love them so much too! The banana may alter the taste as it is adding a heavy component, you could always try it! Chocolate chips should be fine... I have added chocolate chips to this recipe before and it turned out amazing! Thanks so much :)

First off let me say I love this recipe. My mom,hubby and myself could not stop eating these. This is the best cupcake I have ever had. I am making another batch today and wanted to ask could I use your recipe as a base? If i wanted to make one batch with mashed banana and one batch with chocolate chips do you think they will turn out the same?

Hi Chelsea! I am so happy that you loved these as I love them so much too! The banana may alter the taste as it is adding a heavy component, you could always try it! Chocolate chips should be fine... I have added chocolate chips to this recipe before and it turned out amazing! Thanks so much :)

This looks like a great recipe. I am going to try them today. It seems very similar to another one I have used in the past but for some reason the website is down and I can't get to it. Pesky internet :P So it caused me to do a search and I found your site. Thanks so much, I will let you know how it turned out. :) Cheers!

Hi Miriam,I am not sure why they didn't work out for you. The only thing I can think of is if you are using the right measurements. I am using the Australian metric system, so 1 cup = 250ml and 1 tablespoon = 20ml... is this the same for you? If you are using a different system I can see why they may have not worked out. Thanks for the comment :)

okay so me and my friend made different cupcakes this weekend and these were by far the best cupcakes!! We made these with a cinnamon vanilla frosting and YES they were amazingly delicious!! Thank you so much for such an awesome and easy recipie!!!

I really liked the outcome of this cake. I'm not vegan, but I'm really impressed. Unfortunately there was a bit of sticking, and I think in my stove I could have cooked for a minute or two longer to help. Otherwise its amazing!

I just made these cupcakes tonight and they are actually amazing. They're so light and fluffy!Also, I just want to say that I love your site. I only just discovered it the other day and it's really helped me as I've only just recently changed to the vegan lifestyle. So now, instead of stumbling through Woolworths and examining every label, I have your handy list of 'accidentally vegan' foods to help me.And I should compliment Jerome on his photography skills and the lovely layout of the site, it's so cute and easy to navigate.

Hello Nartee,I am happy that you enjoyed them. These are really fluffy and delicious cupcakes :) I know... the list is so handy and it is amazing how many people contact us and add to the list. Oh I will tell him that you said that... he will appreciate it :)

I made these cupcakes, and they are really light and moist, but the only problem I had was that I couldn't get them to rise very much when they baked. I thought maybe I did something wrong, but other than that, these were really good!(-: thanks

Im so happy to have stumbled upon your website. My daughter is turning 1 soon and with a dairy/soy free diet ive found myself searching for a super yummy first cake experience for her. I was wanting to make this into a 6' smash cake. Im not an impressive baker so I figured id ask, would that change baking time?

Hi - I am impressed with the waves of cupcake love here! I have just been to a wonderful wedding and experienced my first vegan cupcake in 9 years of being vegan...so now I HAVE to have more! How would you suggest altering the recipe so still as fluffy and delightful but: 1) sugar free? Would agave do the job do you think?2) using a different flour e.g. wholemeal? Any chance that would work?

Hi MAdison, these are in oven right now! I bought the soy milky lite as you suggest (fed up of subbing in recipes that doesn't work!) but i wondered, have you ever made with a more healthy organic soy milk without all the additions that soy milky has? i wondered if the gums etc in the soy milky would have an impact. i normally use bon soy or another organic australia's own and i nearly just used that, but having had a tray full of vanilla cupcakes not work last night (not your recipe!) i wanted to be cautious!!! I don't really like using non-organic soy products though so would appreciate your opinion! Cheers, Jane

Hi Jane, Oh yay... I hope you love our cupcakes!! Vitasoy has a number of different soymilk products available, including some that are made from Australian-grown organic soybeans (look out for the brightly coloured packs). Vitasoy High-Fibre (the green pack) is a low fat soymilk that should work in this recipe. The taste may be a little different as it has a more authentic soybean flavour but should give you a similar result. Either way, I hope you love our cupcakes and please tell me how they go! :) Hope this helps!

Hallo!!I'm newly vegan and this was my first attempt at vegan baking! The recipe is lovely - although I only had brown sugar, which was great anyway :) I used a vanilla bean instead of extract which gave them a cute speckled look and super fragrant flavour. Turns out I didn't have any confectioner's sugar for the icing (I can't begin to think why) so I made some caramel with water and sugar mixed it with desiccated coconut, pinch of salt and some vegan margarine. It made a sort of textured and caramel-y topping - they didn't look that fantastic but wow they tasted good!!Thanks again for the recipe - It's gonna be a staple in my vegan repertoire!

Wow! these were great. I just had some right now and had to write in and thank you for this easy recipe that even I could make! I've tried other vegan cupcake/cake recipes and I've had a really tough time getting it right even after following the recipe so I am so grateful for this one!!! I cant wait to make your other recipes!

I really loved these, thank you for this great recipe. They are fluffly, moist, and just yummy!Do you have a chocolate version of this recipe? Or could I simply add cocoa powder to it to make it chocolatey?I am a new baker, sorry for all my silly questions : ) !

Hi Sammy,Yay! I am so glad that you enjoyed them. They are such an amazing basic recipe. I have added a little bit of cocoa powder and melted dark chocolate to make a chocolate version in the past. It worked well! Oh you're not silly :)

I used this recipe to make some cupcakes for my boyfriend's birthday. I added some home-made vanilla vodka to the frosting and sprinkled lavender on the cupcakes! So cute & so good. Thank you for sharing the recipe! Photos are here

Wow. This recipe is awesome! I admit, I had always thought of vanilla cupcakes as being kind of boring but I guess I've just never had a really good one before. I especially love that the ingredient list only contains things I usually have on hand! Perfect for the sudden vegan-cupcake-fever... Thank you for this!

Hiii, I made the cake yesterday and left you a post sometime back... I;m so tempted to make it again and going to make cup cakes out of the batter now :D:D:D:D ...this is the BEST eggless cake i have ever tasted !!!!

Hi Madison,My five year old is vegan due to severe food allergies. I have tried a number of vegan cupcake recipes and this one is, by far, the most superior. Thank you for sharing it! I have a question: have you ever tried to make this recipe for a whole size cake? If so, do you have any recommendations? Thank you so much! Maki

So, so, so ,so so, SO, very nice. I never said this for a recipe : these don't even taste the tiniest bit like they were vegan. I love them more than normal cupcakes too because I hate the egg flavour in non vegan cupcakes. By far, the best vegan cupcake recipe I have ever tried. Will definitely make them for a bake sale coming up !!